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Action Plan For Food Industry Could Help Farmers

By Alex Binkley July 1, 2010

An action plan to help the Canadian food industry expand its international presence could pay dividends for Canadian farmers as well, says Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of state for agriculture. “The food processing sector can help propel Canada’s economic recovery,” Blackburn told reporters after a meeting with 50 representatives of the food industry. “This is why

Cereals, News

Speedy Passage Urged For Colombia Trade Deal

By Alex Binkley June 24, 2010

Farm groups are turning their attention to the Senate in hopes of getting legislation approving a free trade deal with Colombia passed. The bill languished in the Commons for months as the NDP and Bloc Quebecois tried to stop its passage over concerns about attacks on trade unionists and reformers in the South American country.

Cereals, Crops

Farmers Demand Ottawa Review Rail Costs For Grain

By Allan Dawson June 24, 2010

“The railways … don’t want competition and they don’t want regulation. You can’t have it both ways.” – IAN WISHART Western grain farmers are overpaying the railways by an estimated $200 million a year or $6.87 a tonne to haul their crops to export, according to a study prepared for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Red Tape Hurts Farm Competitiveness

By Ron Friesen June 3, 2010

Aparl iamentary committee recommends major changes to federal regulations that disadvantage Canada’s farmers against their global competitors. If implemented, the recommendations in a recently tabled House of Commons agriculture committee report could go a long way toward dealing with farmers’ complaints that government fees and red tape make them uncompetitive in the marketplace. In all,

News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for May. 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

Another barn fire: An empty chicken barn in the Steinbach area went up in flames May 19. Steinbach RCMP says it received an early-morning call and arrived at the scene south of the city to find the barn fully engulfed in flames. The fire resulted in the total loss of the barn, that had an

Cereals, News

Pellerin Leaves CFA Presidency

By Ron Friesen May 27, 2010

“My reputation as a farm leader has been built around the fact that I was able to bring people together to find consensus.” – LAURENT PELLERIN Laurent Pellerin is leaving the Canadian Federation of Agriculture after less than two years as president. Pellerin has been named as the new chair of the Farm Products Council

News, Oilseeds

Manitoba Flax Growers Turn Thumbs Down On Bill C-474

By Allan Dawson May 13, 2010

The Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA) has decided it won’t support Bill C-474, a private member’s bill that would require market impact be considered before approving the release of new genetically modified (GM) crops in Canada. “It is a difficult issue,” MFGA president Eric Fridfinnson said in an interview May 6, the day after the

Crops

CFA Wants Farm Income Action

By Alex Binkley May 13, 2010

Canada’s already financially battered farm sector “will face an extraordinarily difficult year, particularly those in the cattle and hog sectors,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture has warned. The forecast is based on income data compiled by Agriculture Canada and confirms what farm leaders across the country have been hearing from producers, says Laurent Pellerin, president

News

Liberals Propose National Food Policy

By Alex Binkley May 13, 2010

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has served up a five-point National Food Policy with entrees for both consumers and farmers on the menu. Speaking on a farm just north of Toronto in late April, Ignatieff said a Liberal government would work toward making more homegrown food available, while pulling the farm sector back from the financial

Cereals, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Short Bill Sparks Hot Debate

April 22, 2010

Bill C-474 is sure stirring up a lot a fuss for being only 42 words long. The bill states in its entirety: “The governor-in-council shall, within 60 days after this act comes into force, amend the Seeds Regulations to require that an analysis of potential harm to export markets be conducted before the sale of

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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